Published date: Jan 10 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The Bandung Creative Movement 2023 – Enhancing Collaboration In Arts, Design And Craft For Sustainable Creative Industries: Technology and Art

Pages: 153 - 157

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i3.17909

Junaidi Wirawanjunaidi.wirawan@ciputra.ac.idCiputra University, Surabaya

Conceptual photography frees photographers to be creative according to their intent and purpose with various concepts and techniques. Therapeutic photography can provide a unique meaning to conceptual photography. The mode used in this research is qualitative, with a phenomenological method. Design methods using design thinking and external approaches such as photo elicitation, photo reflexive, and photo novella. The results obtained by two research respondents through the design thinking process can provide a therapeutic effect even though they tend to display beautiful visuals, and not seem gloomy, sad, or spooky. In conclusion, Cristina Nunez, an expert on therapeutic photography, considers the results of the research respondents is too beautiful. Still, with these differences, it can be a new finding that therapeutic photography can be explored with other photography approaches.

Keywords: conceptual, therapeutic, photography

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